Family: Caesalpiniaceae (Gulmohar family)
Brief Details: The Purple Orchid Tree is an exotic tropical tree that blooms over a long period of time. These flowers appear on the trees from September through November and are a beautiful sight to see, creating a vivid splash of color in the autumn landscape. Curiously, the flower colors varies quite a lot. There are some trees which have white flowers with only some streaks of purple in them. The flowers are followed by 12-inch-long, slender, brown, flat seedpods which usually persist on the tree throughout the winter.